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Nuclear subs and carriers operate in salt water all the time. It's "just" chemistry
by killjoywashere 3y ago
Nuclear subs and carriers operate in salt water all the time. It's "just" chemistry
- pyrale 3y agoNuclear subs and carriers produce a fraction of the power of a commercial nuclear power plant.
- killjoywashere 3y agoI'm not sure why that matters? Salt water is salt water. An carrier's brake horsepower is ~200MW, so a fraction, but a reasonable fraction. When San Diego had a county-wide power outage in 2011, the carriers at North Island pushed power to the grid to support essential services.
- pyrale 3y agosmaller-size systems along with less budgetary oversight means higher maintenance costs are less likely to be problematic.